Skytech King 95 Gaming PC Desktop, Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz (5.2 GHz Turbo Boost), NVIDIA RTX 5070 12GB GDDR7, 1TB Gen4 SSD, 32GB DDR5 RAM 6000 RGB, 850W Gold PSU, 360mm ARGB AIO, Wi-Fi, Win 11 Home

I have been using the Skytech Omega with 6-core i7 3.7 GHZ CPU & Intel-8700K graphics card for about 6 months primarily for complex 3-D graphics rendering applications. When replacing an iMac became necessary the cost of this machine when compared with any Apple machine with anything anywhere near equivalent specs was an absolute no-brainier. The Skytech plus a decent UHD display was less than half the cost. As to performance, this machine is amazingly fast. It does complex 3-D renders in about 1/10 the time of the first generation quad-core i7. The Windows 10 OS is stable and runs 64-bit graphics software flawlessly; speed is not noticably affected by anti-virus software. There is no bloatware pre-installed. The machine boots up in seconds and opens apps just as fast. There is no significant difference in the major 3-D graphics or photo editing apps on the Windows vs. Apple platforms, and all of the commonly used graphics file formats translate the files from the Mac to Windows without any difficulties. Of course, Apple's proprietay apps do not run on Windows, something to consider if you are editing a lot video. One thing to consider also is that if you are planning to use any applications with large libraries of graphic elements (think CAD architectural or 3-D design apps) is that the 250 GB SSD will probably be barely adequate in terms of storage space; it may not accommodate huge library of graphic element in addition to several productivity applications as well. This machine also comes with a fast 2 TB hard drive, which is plenty adequate. The problem is that at least some productivity applications (e.g., Photoshop Elements, some 3-D graphics apps) will not allow installation on other than the C-drive (in this machine the C-drive is the SSD drive) and so you cannot install them into the 2 TD D-drive. The takeaway is that if you are going to use this machine for such work, opt for the larger storage capacity of the 500 GB SSD, not the 250. This Skytech machine has so far proved reliable and the build quality is very good. The couple of contacts I have had with tech support on minor issues have been good to very good. Overall, I can highly recommend this machine. Will update this review in the future...

To start this review, I know how to build my own PC from scratch. I just had lots of things going on at the time, so I decided to take a chance on a pre-built PC. In hindsight I wish I would have built my own and probably saved some money in the process. My purchase included: Intel I7-8700k Coffee Lake 3.7ghz(4.4ghz Turbo MCE is 4.7ghz) CPU The CPU "HAD" a Cooler Master Lite 120mm AIO MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) Motherboard G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB MSI GTX 1080Ti Armor OC 11gb(Please google the reviews on this card for 2 minutes) Thermaltake 700 Watt Smart 80 PLUS Certified PSU InWin 303 White case Now my grievances with this PC. I took it out of the box with a huge smile. Finally a fantastic gaming PC. Plugged it in to find the 3 fans and LED strip didn't work. The one back fan connect to the Sys Fan header did though in the back. Pulled off the cover to find the molex cable unplugged, plugged in and it all worked. Ran it for about 4-5 days while monitoring HWMonitor and MSI Afterburner for temps as I was getting a 55 C Idle temp on my CPU and a 50 C idle temp on my GPU and 80+C on CPU and 84C on GPU under load via games or benchmarks. Thought to myself hmmm maybe I should do a bit of research on GPU and CPU to see what others are saying. CPU-The 8700k is notorious for running hot most people recommend running a 240mm AIO with it. Mine included a Cooler Master 120mm Lite. GPU-The 1080Ti included was the MSI GTX 1080Ti Armor OC 11GB. 5 minutes of research yielded that this was one of if not the worst cooling 1080Ti on the market due to poor heat sink design. Google it. So I talked to customer support that sounded like a 18 year old kid over the phone no offense to him. Asked if for the amount of money I paid I could have the GPU swapped for a different brand. So I let him run his own tests via teamviewer(skytech support app). Same temps popped up and he said this is all normal so he couldn't help. Also that if I opted to return the PC I would lose 15% due to restocking fees. My conclusion is that if you are gonna buy pre-built understand you may not get the best parts available to you. I get that it stated "Brands May Vary" but LITERALLY 5 minutes of research yielded that this GPU was a poor design for dispersing heat. 5 minutes that the builder for $1900 could have looked that up him/herself. I decided to keep the PC and just install a EK custom water cooling loop for the $300 bucks I would have lost due to "restocking fees" and threw in another $300 for my custom loop. Now my temps for CPU and GPU won't go over 50-60C with MCE(4.7ghz on all cores in the CPU). Buy at your own risk people. Sorry for the long review.